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Darkness Longs for Its Shadow

Posted on March 5, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

I spoke of poems I’d never write Of ghosts that haunt in broad daylight Like the time I kissed you silently When you forgot you said you’d remember me. Words that spill from a poet’s pen Form iron links that … Continue reading →

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The Teacher

Posted on March 5, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

He has a voice within a voice, and I, an ear within an ear. When he says nothing I listen most deeply. Otherwise, since we met, I have learned that I know nothing. When around him, my mind is always … Continue reading →

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The Bone China Cup

Posted on March 5, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

Light caresses and draws dust into its blades piercing the glass pane. Bone sighs glows in the oven. Hush, the artisan hears the call of the cup in a measured heap of milled white powder. She drinks his whispers, tastes … Continue reading →

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Ancient Mystresses

Posted on March 5, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

I am known to abscond with these ancient mistresses… my eyes dance across their soft parchment, threading the lovingly laid ink of their calligraphy. Held in the crook of my arm, entranced by their beautiful crumbling covers and long delicate … Continue reading →

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She And He Are Just One In The Forest

Posted on February 19, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

Above the earth she seeks in dendritic patterns Mirrored by his deepest caverns One dies in the light of colored rays While the one below lives on what’s decayed Forever they travel opposing directions Yet, each thrives with mutual intercession. … Continue reading →

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The Makeout Party

Posted on February 19, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

They were smoking and kissing Crowded on couches and papasons Curled in contrapposto I tried to twist myself into the scene And I played records in the basement darkness Made jokes below my true intellect To make them laugh To … Continue reading →

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Peasants In The Castle Of Being

Posted on February 19, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

Hungering, goes The hunter green vine Winding up walls Of a cinder block throat. Swollen thoughts Coursing from The belly of memory, Splits rock In the pulsing edifice Erected around Men endowed With bones of metal Crumbling flesh Broken Hearts … Continue reading →

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A Heart Filled With Emptiness

Posted on February 19, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

Everything enters the mind through the hidden passages of the heart. On this journey of beauty, wade not in through details, but whirl in wonder. You complain of an empty heart, yet drown in the rising tide of its echoes. … Continue reading →

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Real Love In A Series of Affirmations

Posted on February 14, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

Real love is the endlessness of a mirror’s own reflection in another Real love binds the sheep, the wolf and the shepherd together in compassion Real love is an impenetrable wall of wisdom between you and what you only think … Continue reading →

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A Jot of Clay

Posted on February 12, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

Through the torpor from some unseen cloud, a bead of rain slipped past my lips and down my throat. Sensing my thirst, this sojourner arrives from some other place, some other time. Love for this one bead I sip, and … Continue reading →

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